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Yasujirô Ozu – Chichi ariki AKA There Was a Father (1942)
Quote:Yasujiro Ozu’s frequent leading man Chishu Ryu is riveting as Shuhei, a widowed high school teacher who finds that the…
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László Benedek – Death of a Salesman (1951)
Reportedly unavailable on TV or video because Arthur Miller himself was unhappy with it, this 1951 film version of the…
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Pascal Bonitzer – Le grand alibi (2008)
Pierre Collier is dead…He was murdered at the home of senator Henri Pagès and his wife Eliane, where he was…
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Robert Wiene – Orlacs Hände AKA The Hands of Orlac (1924)
A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn’t know they once…
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Masaki Kobayashi – Kono hiroi sora no dokoka ni aka Somewhere Beneath The Wide Sky (1954)
SOMEWHERE BENEATH THE WIDE SKY (1954, aka KONO HIROI SORA NO DOKOKA NI) came near the end of Masaki Kobayashi’s…
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Jacques Tati – Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot AKA Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday [Director’s Cut, Restored] (1953)
Quote:One of the most original—and hilarious—comedies ever made, M. Hulot’s Holiday has delighted and disarmed moviegoers the world over since…
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J. Lee Thompson – Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
Synopsis:“Battle for the Planet of the Apes” is the final chapter in the sci-fi movie series. In this chapter, a…
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Ulrich Seidl – Paradies: Hoffnung AKA Paradise: Hope (2013)
Synopsis:The final installment in Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise trilogy, ‘Paradise: Hope’ tells the story of overweight thirteen-year-old Melanie and her first…
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Lindsay Anderson – The Whales of August (1987)
Quote:Summer people in Maine: things are changing. Whales no longer pass close to the shore as they did during the…
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